Road To Emmys Annual Series

"Working for Steven Soderbergh, none of the projects are the same," affirmed production designer Howard Cummings who is part of a team (with art director Patrick M. Sullivan Jr. and set decorator Barbara Munch) on HBO's Behind the Candelabra which last month earned a primetime Emmy nomination in...

For Lesli Linka Glatter, being nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Directorial Achievement In A Dramatic Series on the basis of the "Q&A" episode of Homeland (Showtime) is "an incredibly humbling, extraordinary and unexpected" honor. And a part of being humbled is rooted in her belief that "...

Last month, DP Gary Baum earned his fourth career primetime Emmy nomination, this latest one coming in the Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-Camera Series category on the basis of his work on the "Molly's Birthday" episode of the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly directed by Mike Roberts. This marks...

A tale of two editors, both having last month earned their first career primetime Emmy nominations but for distinctly different projects--one a feature-length documentary on HBO, the other for a three-minute short on Saturday Night Live ( SNL ). Also distinguishing one editor from the other is the...

For the second consecutive year, the Emmy competition has broken down artistic excellence in visual effects on primetime television into two distinct categories based on the role of VFX in a show--one for VFX-driven programs, the other honoring those efforts in which VFX play a supporting role...

Hungry Man 's plate is full with half of this year's portion of primetime spot Emmy nominations. The production company scored two of the four nominations in the Outstanding Commercial category--one for Grey Poupon's "The Chase" directed by Bryan Buckley for Crispin Porter+Bogusky ; the other for...

Garnering critical acclaim and helping to establish Netflix as a force in original programming, House of Cards is among the most closely watched series when it comes to handicapping this year's Emmy Awards. Set in Washington D.C., House of Cards stars Kevin Spacey as a South Carolina Democrat who...

Combining the prior weekend's Creative Arts Emmy Awards with last night's primetime Emmy proceedings leads to some expected numbers as well as a major unexpected lack of a tally. Under the "no surprise" heading, HBO topped the overall count with 23 primetime Emmys, six of which came yesterday--four...

HBO's Game of Thrones topped the field by earning six Creative Arts Emmys during the (9/15) awards ceremony held at the Nokia Theatre in the L.A. Live complex. Next on the Emmy tally were three shows tied for second with four wins each: Discovery Channel's Frozen Planet ; PBS' Great Expectations (...

Procter & Gamble's Olympic anthem "Best Job" won the best primetime commercial Emmy this evening during the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony held at the Nokia Theatre in the L.A. Live complex. This marks the fourth consecutive year that Wieden+Kennedy has earned the spot Emmy, the prior three...